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"Encore" - a choreographic show about love with live music by Lucia Długoszewski (1925-2000), an American composer, student of John Cage and Edgar Varèse, choreographer and inventor - will premiere on the 23^rd of November, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Hashtag Lab. Liwia Bargieł-Kiełbowicz and Stanisław Bulder will dance in the modernist villa at Barska 29. Show aimed for ages 16 and up.

“The show 'Encore' is my return to contemplative, metaphysical art. My reflection turns towards love. I look at it at its core, as a primal, pure creative force. We have different motivations to act, but it is love that seems to be the most uplifting to me," says choreographer and dancer Liwia Bargieł-Kiełbowicz.

The music by Lucia Długoszewski will be performed by Zofia Dutkiewicz (flute), Martyna Kułakowska (piano) and Olga Przybył (drums).

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On the 30^th of November, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. NOSPR, conducted by Danish conductor Bas Wiegers, will premiere Double Concerto "Visions according to Dante" by Marta Ptaszyńska for saxophone, piano and orchestra. The saxophonist Bartłomiej Duś and the pianist Magdalena Duś will perform as soloists.

The programme also includes Siegfried's Idyll written by Ryszard Wagner as a birthday gift for his wife, as well as Grażyna Bacewicz's Serenade for orchestra composed for Polish Radio.

Ticket information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/nospr-wiegers-dus-and-dus 

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Young people will decide on the shape and character of the 82^nd edition of the Musica Moderna Festival and they will be its main characters.

During the concerts from the 30^th of November to the 14^th of December, 2023, not only composition students, but also art education students and instrumentalists will present their areas of interest. We will hear the effects of cooperation between completely new ensembles, such as Alert Ensemble, and those with slightly longer experience, including Nowicki Duo and Aldo Duo. Moderna's special guest, the charismatic composer Kuba Krzewiński, will meet the young musicians. There will be plenty of topics concerning Łódź! All festival concerts will be held at the Regional Center for Culture, Education and Music Documentation in Łódź in al. 1 Maja 4. Admission is free.

The festival is organized by the Department of Composition of the Academy of Music in Łódź and the Polish Composers' Union.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the "Music" programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Detailed programme: https://www.amuz.lodz.pl/index.php/pl/wydarzenia/82-festiwal-musica-moderna 

Patronat medialny nad projektem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

Bracia Meisner prezentują pierwszy wspólny krążek Euphoria zawierający światowe premiery fonograficzne czterech dzieł kompozytorów związanych ze Śląskiem. Płyta z utworami Adama Wesołowskiego i Witolda Friemanna na puzon i fortepian ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Ars Sonora i będzie dostępna od 30 listopada 2023 roku w serwisach streamingowych (Spotify, Apple Music) oraz w salonach Empiku i na stronie https://dobreplyty.pl 

Nagranie przedstawia kompozycje wirtuozowskie, poetyckie i prawdziwie unikatowe w wykonaniu puzonisty Jarosława Meisnera i pianisty Mateusza Meisnera.

Płytę rozpoczynają Elegia oraz dwie Suity kontemplacyjne Witolda Friemanna. Tytułowy utwór płyty Euphory Concerto, pierwotnie napisany na eufonium, został zaaranżowany przez Adama Wesołowskiego na puzon specjalnie dla Jarosława Meisnera, a więc dzięki temu wydawnictwu odbędzie się jego premiera fonograficzna w nowym opracowaniu. Po raz pierwszy w wersji na puzon i fortepian zostanie nagrany jeszcze jeden koncert Wesołowskiego: rozszerzone techniki wykonawcze, niekonwencjonalne sposoby gry na puzonie prezentuje Gliss Koncert, otwierający nowy rozdział w literaturze puzonowej.

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On the 26^th of November, during the laureates' concert, we announced the winners of the "Competition of Competitions" - the 5^th Stefan Stuligrosz Grand Prix of Polish Choral Music!

The main prize - Grand Prix - in the amount of PLN 25,000 and a statuette (passable) was awarded to the Białystok Female Choir at the 3 High School directed by Anna Olszewska.

Two honorable mentions in the amount of PLN 3,000 were awarded to: Skowronki Girls' Choir directed by Alicja Szeluga and La Musica Choir (younger group) directed by Joanna Knap.

The award for the best performance of a work by a Poznań composer in the amount of PLN 3000 for the piece "Cheers to my brother" by Andrzej Koszewski was received by the Poznań University of Technology Choir "Volantes Soni" directed by Paweł Łuczak.